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noun
The continuance or completion of a project.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The continued action of a stroke, or of the delivery of a ball, after it has been hit or released.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
carrying some project or intention to full completion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up
noun
the act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up
History
Deverbal from follow through.
